What is sericulture? What are the objectives of this course?

What do you mean by sericulture?

Sericulture means cultivation of silk through rearing of silk worm. The technique involves planting of plants on which the silkworm grows, production of cocoons, reeling and spinning of cocoon for production of yarn. The word silk sounds so luxurious and classic. The luster and elegance of silk is so outstanding and it cannot be compared with any other fabric. As long as our desire for silk garments continues, the demand for sericulture will remain active. Silk is known to be the queen of textile and the naturally produced animal fibre.

What are the objectives of this course?

The main objective of this course is to:
- Train the students in identifying the diseases and pests of the mulberry plant.
- It also involves giving students a thorough knowledge about the cultivation of mulberry, maintenance of the farm, seed technology, silkworm rearing and silk reeling.
- Students get to learn about the quality of various things like leaf, seed cocoon, commercial cocoon and fibre so that they can get maximum return when actually practiced.
- We get to learn about the various skills that are necessary for self employment in the mulberry and seed production.
- This course gives us employment and job opportunities in the public, private and government sector.